A few months before aviator Charles Lindbergh made his record-breaking transatlantic flight, Northwest Airways, Inc. began carrying airmail between the Twin Cities and Chicago.

It rebrands itself as Northwest Orient Airlines. 1960 Moves into new headquarters at Wold-Chamberlain Field (now Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport).

A mysterious hijacker 'DB Cooper' held the Northwest Orient Airlines flight 53 years ago for $200,000 ransom, and parachuted out of the aircraft, never to be seen again. Now, the parachute used by ...

It's a Northwest mystery that has never been solved. A man who called himself "Dan Cooper" paid cash for a one-way ticket to Seattle at the Northwest Orient Airlines counter at the Portland ...

Dan Cooper, a middle-aged white man, hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971 on a flight between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington.

On the night before Thanksgiving in 1971, Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 - a Boeing 727 owned and operated by Northwest Orient Airlines - while it was flying from Portland ...

If you want to know how confusing the legend of D.B. Cooper is, look no further than the name. The hijacker who boarded Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971 never called ...

In 1950, Northwest Orient Flight 25-01 vanished over Lake Michigan during severe weather, resulting in the deaths of all 58 people on board. Despite extensive searches, the wreckage was never ...

Seven years later, the airline — known at that point as Northwest Orient Airlines — boasted 17 flights per day to and from Rochester.

MINNEAPOLIS — Looking back at his career, retired Northwest Airlines Captain Woody Fountain has a lot of good memories. He is a pilot who earned his wings and a place in the history books. "I ...

Tailor made, dark blue, single-breasted, polyester/wool blend uniform coat with four gold lace first officer rank stripes on lower sleeves and gold metal Northwest Airlines pilot wings on left breast.

Northwest Arkansas National Airport officials say they're going to make another effort to recruit Southwest Airlines to the airport next year.